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Future Jobs Fund - Information Event

Social Enterprise London (SEL) is inviting social entrepreneurs and social enterprise leaders from across London to an information event on the Future Jobs Fund.

The evening will include a presentation from Philip Hayes from the Government Office for London on the details of the fund, and how social enterprises can effectively access it.

The Future Jobs Fund, administered by the Department of Work and Pensions, is seeking bids which create at least 30 new jobs over a six month period. Whilst this seems a lot, bids can be made up of partnerships between public or private bodies and social enterprises, and it's this aspect of the Fund which the information event will focus on.

For each new job created, the employing organisation would receive £6,500. Each bid will need to demonstrate that:

• it will create extra jobs, lasting at least 6 months, either for long term unemployed young people or people in unemployment hotspots
• the work done will benefit local communities
• the work will be underway quickly

Outline bids for the first allocations of funding need to be submitted before the end of June.

Venue: Social Enterprise London, 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG

Date and time: Wednesday 24 June 2009, 6.15pm

To book a place, download an application form from SEL's website and return your completed form to events@sel.org.uk - places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

For further information, phone SEL on 020 7022 1920 or email matthew@sel.org.uk